Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Pontiac Torrent and 2009 Chevrolet Equinox. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Place the transmission in neutral (N).
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle .
- Mark the relationship of the propeller shaft to the rear differential drive flange and the transfer case.
- Support the propeller shaft at the rear differential.
- Remove the mounting bolts for the propeller shaft at the rear differential drive flange.
- Support propeller shaft at the transfer case.
- Remove the mounting bolts for the propeller shaft at the transfer case.
- Support the propeller shaft at the center support bearing.
- Remove the mounting bolts for the center support bearing.
- With the aide of an assistant, remove the propeller shaft from the vehicle.